Remote operator facility for a computer

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EP 0 472 839 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	03.06.1992 Bulletin 1992/23

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	04.03.1992 Bulletin 1992/10

(21)	Application number: 91110161.6

(22)	Date of filing: 20.06.1991

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁵: G06F 15/16, G06F 3/033

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

31.08.1990 US 575746

(71)	Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
	Armonk, N.Y. 10504 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Dangler, Mary Katherine Endicott, NY 13760 (US) Wentz, Samuel Lee Endwell, NY 13760 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jost, Ottokarl, Dipl.-Ing.
	IBM Deutschland Informationssysteme GmbH, Patentwesen und Urheberrecht D-70548 Stuttgart D-70548 Stuttgart (DE)

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(54)	Remote operator facility for a computer

(57) A computer network comprises a first processor console including a first display screen and a first storage device for storing panel templates containing fixed panel information for display on the first display screen. A second processor console includes a second display screen and a second storage device for storing panel templates containing fixed panel information for display on the second display screen. A first program means within the first processor console transmits to the second processor console an identification of a panel template for display on the second display screen, a second program means within the second processor console receives the panel template identification, determines if the panel template identification identifies a panel stored in the second storage means and displays the panel on the second display screen if the identification identifies a panel stored in the second storage device, and requests transmission of the identified panel template if the second storage device does not contain the identified panel template. The first program also transmits variable information to the second processor console for merger with the identified panel template. The first and second processor consoles utilize standard operating systems to participate in the remote operations.

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